History

A rainy evening in the autumn of 1937 Gunnar Bolin began to make a few sketches. He had an idea. A hatrack that could easily be made out of scrap aluminium. This was the start of the metal foundry Skoglunds Metallgjuteri. During forthcoming decades the company, located in Anderstorp, became synonymous with simple and functional hall interior. Sustainability was not something you talked about at the time, it was something you took for granted.

In 2002 former employee Sten-Roger Bladh succeeded the rights of the classical products by a hiving off from the foundry. He continued the traditional and artisanal production in Anderstorp but with the further ambition to produce new products under the name Essem Design—still with function and sustainability as the foundation of the company.